Mirror fight on the IJ organized by the city government in honor of the visit of the Russian envoy with Tsar Peter the Great to Amsterdam, September 1, 1697. From yachts, visitors view the simulated battle. With below and partly over the plate a printed text in two columns in Dutch with a list of the participating boats, Spiegelgevecht ter ere van het bezoek van het Russisch bezantschap aan Amsterdam, augustus 1697 Description of the water entertainment, by order of the Ed. Magistraat of the City of Amsterdam, in honor of the Great Muscovite Envoy, appointed on the first September 1697 , print

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